Opinion

Message to Princess Anne: Put your feet up ma’am and enjoy your birthday - you deserve it

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12th June 2025
Royal Central’s Editor-at-Large, Charlie Proctor, is hopeful that Princess Anne will put herself first for just one day, and celebrate her 75th birthday in August in style.Hard-working, self-effacing and utterly dedicated to duty. These are the words I would use to describe the Princess Royal. Despite being well past retirement age, she remains a constant in the royal diary, carrying out…
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Royal News

Princess Anne's private secretary makes important statement ahead of milestone event

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11th June 2025
Princess Anne’s private secretary, Colonel John Boyd, has delivered a rare statement ahead of a milestone occasion.Speaking during an event at Buckingham Palace, Col Boyd spoke about the Princess Royal’s 75th birthday, which she will celebrate in August.The event at the palace saw representatives from more than 100 charities that Princess Anne has been involved in invited, for…
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Royal News

Household Cavalry brushing up ahead of The King's Birthday Parade

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3rd June 2025
The King’s annual birthday parade, Trooping The Colour, is little under two weeks away, with the event’s key participants putting together the final touches ahead of the summer highlight.More than 1,000 soldiers and 200 horses from the Household Division will take part in the parade, which is attended by thousands of spectators.Pictures taken at Hyde Park Barracks with just…
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Features

MY OPINION: Slimmed down monarchy has failed - its time for Beatrice and Eugenie to step up

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3rd June 2025
Charlie Proctor offers his thoughts on why The King’s well-intentioned vision for a slimmed down monarchy hasn’t worked, and says it’s perhaps time for young blood, in the form of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie to step up.Rumours are swirling in the royal world that Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have effectively been put on ice, with the future monarch, King…
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